Rabbi brings needed focus to important issueThank-you  for publishing the honest and moving piece by Rabbi James Stone Goodman, “Shanda/shame: There is None” in the Oct. 21 issue of the Jewish Light.  Rabbi Goodman writes with such honesty about...

Israel under fireCould you imagine if there were 143 terrorist attacks on the United States in one year?  Or what if there were that many in one month? Or one week? Or even in one day?  Now imagine that all of these attacks took place within the state...

Powerful words deserve attentionWhile the Jewish Light publicized the Holocaust Museum’s 20th Anniversary event, only briefly mentioned in its printed edition was the meaningful speech by Gloria Feldman. Ms. Feldman is a member of our community whose...

Continuing fight against racial injusticeIn 1935, the Nuremberg Laws stripped me, my parents, their siblings and their parents, of German citizenship. Her brother, sister and family left Germany, immigrating to Palestine with the help of a wealthy cousin...

JCRC on one-year anniversary of Ferguson Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. There have been many conversations around issues of racial inequality, bias in the criminal justice system and the need for...

Huckabee’s commentAs Chair of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center in Creve Coeur, and as someone whose family includes both Holocaust survivors and victims, I would like to comment on Mike Huckabee’s remark that an Iran deal “take the Israelis...

Jewish funeral homes, cemeteries provide dignified, traditional Jewish burial for allThank you for your column addressing the burial of “St. Louis” (News & Schmooze column, June 24). In these infrequent situations, the St. Louis Jewish funeral...

Memories of DadYale Hollander’s June 17 commentary about his father (“Gimlets and shopping with Dad: Priceless”) brought up some fond memories of my own dad, Sam Pallo, who was really a trip.My dad passed away a long time ago, but one of my favorite...

Officials should have done more  after 2008 school incidentI am writing this letter after reading Ellen Futterman’s article entitled: “Looking back, ‘Hit a Jew Day’ (May 27, 2015) target says silence is not the way.”In October of 2008, I brought...

Who’s to blame?The Light’s June 3 article “Where the Obama-Netanyahu relationship went wrong” by Ron Kampeas of JTA convinces me that the “Can We Talk?” series should cover the topic of whether it is safe to criticize the President of the...

Living and dying with dignityMarty Rochester’s May 20 column accomplishes two things for Jewish Light readers. First, he points out the importance of “living — and dying — with dignity.” Second, he highlights the many cogent points made by Atul...

JF&CS is community resource for indigent funeralsOne of the most basic responsibilities of a Jewish community is to ensure that its deceased members are treated with reverence and respect — the principle of kevod hamet. The May 6 Light article about...